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ˈmolebut Obs. rare.
Forms: 6–7 molebout; in Dicts. 7 moleboute, -baut, -but(t, erron. -pout, 8 -bat.
[a. F. molebout.
Said by Rondelet (De Pisc. Mar. 1554) to be a compound of the Provençal (Marseilles) name mole (which he says is from the L. mola, millstone, with allusion to the shape of the fish) and the Spanish synonym bout. Cf. mola1 2 and mole n.6; with the second element, which cannot be Sp. or even Cat., cf. OF. (12th c.) tourbout turbot, and butt n.1]
The sun-fish, Orthagoriscus mola; = mole n.6 1.
1598Florio, Bota, a fish that grunteth called a Molebout. 1601Holland Pliny II. 429 The greatest of all other fishes is the Mole-bout. 1659Torriano, Bóta, a..Mole-pout. 1668Charleton Onomasticon 129 Mola..the Molebut. 1672J. Josselyn New Eng. Rarities 29 Porpuise or Porpiss, Molebut, Sea Hog, Sus Marinus, Tursion. 1678Phillips (ed. 4), Mole-butt. See Porpus. 1736Ainsworth Lat. Dict., A molebat (fish) Orthragoriscus. |